German Defense Minister Blames Trump for Crisis in the Strait of Ormuz · Global Voices

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Nearly 3,000 soldiers, 2,300 of them Germans, participate in the ‘Freedom Shield 2026’ exercise in the military training area of Pabradé, Lithuania, less than 20 kilometres from the border with Belarus. If Russia attacked the eastern NATO flank, the German Lithuania Brigade, which currently has 1,800 men, would be on the front line. It is expected that, by the end of 2027, it will have been extended to 5,000 soldiers and 2002 civilian employees …